- Actors: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Richard Libertini
- Directors: Carl Reiner
- Writers: Phil Alden Robinson, Edwin Davis, Henry Olek
- Producers: Phil Alden Robinson, Stephen J. Friedman
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: 2 Feb 1999
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305262225
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,606 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Steve Martin takes his wild and crazy persona and splits it into an hilarious battle of the sexes within the same body. Ambitious attorney RogerCobb is assigned to alter the will of ailing millionaire Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin), who wishes to bequeath her estate to a healthy young woman (Victoria Tennant)--after Cutwater's guru transfers the old eccentric's soul to her healthy body. No one believes for a second it will actually work until Ms. Cutwater awakens in Roger's body and he becomes, literally, a man possessed, fighting for control of himself. Martin delivers a hilariously animated performance as a body torn between two masters as it wrestles with itself in a spastic walk down a city street. Directed with comic aplomb by regular Martin collaborator Carl Reiner, All of Me combines the best of Martin's self-scripted films--anarchic moments of inspired physical comedy--with a solid (if somewhat silly) narrative holding the scenes together. Screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson went on to script and direct Field of Dreams. --Sean Axmaker
Synopsis
Classic comedy with one of Steve Martin's breakthrough screen roles. Lawyer Roger Cobb (Martin) is called to the house of ailing millionairess Edwina Cutwater, who has hired a swami to transfer her soul into the body of a younger woman. The process goes wrong and her soul ends up sharing Cobb's body.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The film is superb, mad, ridiculous and played to perfection by its stellar cast and was a perfect vehicle for Steve Martin who rose to the task in a way he has rarely ever done since. One day I hope this will get a proper release with interviews and commentaries and not in television format, because it deserves to have a good release. There are so many rubbish films out there which get the full works, why not this one which I feel was a highlight of the 80s? Even Roxanne, my other favourite film of his, was pretty minimal but treated better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had originally seen this movie in the late 1980s and thought it was hilarious. Very clever comedy with the usual zany Steve Martin performance. Despite the story being absurd, it runs well - the partnership of Martin and Lilly Tomlin has great chemistry. The quality of the DVD copy though is not brilliant.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw this film in the cinema when it was originally released, had it on VHS, and watched it a year or so ago on BBC1: it never once looked like this tragic cock-up of a transfer, in miserable pan-and scan, in which Steve Martin's light grey suit comes out camouflage green, and all flesh tones are a sort of bluey-lilac; everything else is in a sort of grainy sludge-sepia, so that the interiors of Martin's office and Tomlin's mansion are largely indistinguishable. The sound is also apalling, most definitely not in the advertised stereo so much as badly distorted mono. This is the worst DVD transfer of a picture from a major studio I've ever seen...
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COMPLETELY MAD!
This film is just mad. Steve Martin at his best. A must see for all. Steve Martin is so funny especially when he becomes possessed. WATCH IT.
Published 2 months ago by Phillips
all of me
faulty its from abroad and cannot be played in the uk, so will not be buying again from this people.
Published 13 months ago by madizen
Christmas gift
Although I love this film and think it one of Steve Martin & Lily Tomlins best I cant say what condition it is in because it was for someone else and they havent watched it yet but... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Serena Niface
Film All of Me
One of my all time fav films. Had an old copy on tape but wanted a copy on DVD, this did the trick although a little expensive for the age and type of film but I didn't mind the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vik
One of the funiest films ever
If you read the blurb on the back of the box you will probably not go any further. But give it a go - it's a real heart warming laugh out loud film.
Published on 14 Oct 2006 by C. Naylor
Martin plays a lawyer one side of whose body becomes a woman
If you have watched some of Martins' films such as Father of the Bride or Mixed Nuts you may not be a big fan of his. But this is one of his classics. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2000
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